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Brahms: Symphony No. 1

Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68. Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra. Recorded April 25, 26, and 27, 1927 in the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. This famous recording, issued as Victor M-15, remained in the Victor catalog, selling well year after year, until the 1936 recording of the work issued on M-301. The symphony is in four movements, marked as follows: (1) Un poco sostenuto â Allegro â Meno allegro, (2) Andante sostenuto, (3) Un poco allegretto e grazioso, (4) Adagio â PiÃ¹ andante â Allegro non troppo, ma con brio â PiÃ¹ allegro. Transferred from the original Victor 78 set M-15 by Bob Varney.

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